by Jessica Downing | May 16, 2023 | Devotionals
“Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.” Psalm 23:4 NKJV With the snow melting, the sun shining, and summer quickly approaching, I have begun contemplating mountain...
by Jessica Downing | May 10, 2023 | Devotionals
“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2 ESV) “You have the happiness gene,” someone exclaimed as I walked into church. “You exude and spread happiness.” It was a kind thing to say. But it could not have been further from...
by Jessica Downing | May 2, 2023 | Devotionals
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” Luke 24:32 It was the first day of the week, just three days after the darkest day in history. Heads were spinning in confusion. Hearts...
by Jessica Downing | Apr 25, 2023 | Devotionals
“And so, Lord, where do I put my hope? My only hope is in you.” Psalm 39:7 Mid-April is a tough time of year for me. Not only is it the slump I have always felt at the end of ski season, but, since 2016, mid-April has marked an interval of deep personal tragedy in...
by Jessica Downing | Apr 18, 2023 | Devotionals
Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own...
by Jessica Downing | Apr 11, 2023 | Devotionals
“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” 1 John Galatians 6:9 ESV Have you ever thought that you were pretty good at something, and then you did that thing in front of a group of people…and quickly...
